1. October 13, 2014 OEC Conference ®BethCsiszer2014
In Facebook
ESOL
General Education
Technology
 ESL Teachers Forum-
 ESL Teachers’ Coffee House
 ESL teaching activities
 ESL Kidstuff
 ESL Podcast
 ESL TV
 ESL Basics
 ESL Kids Games
 ESL Party Land
 ESL Kidz
 ESL and EFL LessonPlans
 ESL Right Now
 ESL Worldwide
 Dave’s ESL Café
 ESL Games Plus
 ESL web Tools
 ESL Writing Tutor
 ESL Printable Books for Kids
 ESL Tube
 ESL eTeacher Group

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 Free ESL Handouts
 ESL Tests for Primary Kids
 Simple ESL-English Worksheets & More
 ESL Connections
 ESL Funnies
 English Idioms
 ESL Grammar Space
 Noel’s ESL ebooks Library
 English as a Second Language
 The ESL stuff
 Technology in Education
 Free technology in Education
 Technology integration in Education
 Free Technology for Teachers
 Educational Videos
 Earth Science Education
 South Carolina education Television
 Education 2.0
 Education.com
 Educational Technology
 U.S. Department of Education
 Education Times
 Hotchalk
 Educational Technology and Mobil Learning Group
 Educators Using Facebook
 Teachers Sharing Resources and Ideas For The Classroom
 Educators Network
 Facebook in Education
 Scholastic Teachers
 K12 INC
 The Cornet Stone for Educators
 Simple K12
 The Next Web
 ISTE
 Teaching Resources
 Teacherslists
 WeAreTeachers
 Edutopia
 Prek12Plaza

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On Google+
ESOL
General Education
Technology
 eLearning Industry
 Edudemic
 The eLearning Guild
 Educational Technology and Mobil Learning Community
 Edtech Community
 Education Dive
 EdTech and Professional Development Community
 eLearning Tags
 EdTechReview
 Google Apps for Education
 School Technology Leadership
 Educational Leadership
 Connected Learning
 iPad Ed
 STEM Educators
 Google Docs and Drive
 Target Educational Services
 Read Write Speak Better English
 ESL Teachers
 ESL and Bilingual Teacher Resources
 Teaching and Learning EFL/ESL Online
 Use Google+ Hangouts for Teaching

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On Twitter
How to Use Twitter
 http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/09/90-twitter-tools-teachers-should-know.html (Weblink
about using twitter in education)
 http://prezi.com/xun85oxafh9l/twitter-in-the-esl-classroom/ (Prezi on using Twitter in the ESL
Classroom)
ESOL Specific
 Sean Banville//@seanbanville-Tweets free lesson plans and articles about ESL
 ESLlibrary //@ESLlibrary-ESL lesson plans, flashcards, and blogs
 ESL Podcast//@eslpod-Lastest ESL postcasts for improving vocabulary and learning English
 Feed The Teacher// @Feedtheteacher- ESL/EFL and E-Tutoring material via social media
General Education
 Education Weekly //@educationweekly-
 The National Association for the Education of Young Children // @NAEYC-
 Brain Parade //@BrainParade
 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center // @CooneyCenter
 Justin Hamilton // @EdPressSec Press Secretary for US Dept of Education
 Gates Foundation // @gatesfoundation
 StudentsFirst //@Studentsfirst
 Arne Duncan //@Arneduncan (The Secretary of US Dept of Education)
 Larry Ferlazzo// @Larryferlazzo -Award winning English and Social Studies teacher who blogs many
great ideas for teaching
 The Teacher Page// @theteacherpage- Quality resources for teachers

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 Vicki Davis// @coolcatteacher -Tweets about classroom projects and educational research.
Technology
 Mark Brumley// @MarkBrumley- A leader in bringing technology into schools
 Ben Bache// @TeacherToolbox - Tweets about unique deals, apps, and resources for your classroom
 Josh Allen (@j_allen) -tweets to help teachers effectively implement technology in their classrooms.
He also offers a lot of technology-based resources to use with students.
 Jerry Blumengarten (@cybraryman1) -focuses on bringing the Internet to teachers by blogging about
web 2.0 resources and other digital technologies.
#Hashtags to use When Searching for Education Topics
-Hashtags can be used to bring up posts about topics you would like to read about
 #ESOL
 #ESL
 #ELL
 #Education
 #Edtech
 #SPEDCHAT Students and teachers in special education come together for this chat, Tuesdays at 8:30
p.m. EST.
 #EDBKCHAT: Featuring discussions on educational books, #edbkchat is a good
resource for continuing education, Wednesdays at 4 p.m. EST.
 #TICHAT: On Thursdays at 8 p.m. EST, tech-savvy educators can discuss the latest in educational
technology.
 #LANGCHAT: All about language education, #langchat is a great place to talk about language learning
each Thursday at 8 p.m. EST.

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Recommendationsto Followin Pinterest
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 Free Technology for Educators: Free Technology for the classroom
 My Future Classroom: Full of teaching ideas and resources
 Teaching…One Day Again: creative and innovative ideas on how to organize your classroom and
teaching materials.
 Teaching: includes lesson plans, classroom activities, common core lessons, iPad apps for teachers,
games and many more.
 Printable: great printable materials for teachers
 Kid Blog Network Activities and Crafts: collaborative board from amazing bloggers that focus on
activities and crafts for kids
 Blogs/Webpages: Contains interesting blogs and webpages for teachers
 Melissa Board: Classroom materials, teaching ideas, writing, math, etc
 Charity Board: Classroom materials, freebies, reading, etc
 Patricia Brown: showcases videos, articles, tutorials, and other resources about education technology.
 Vicki Davis: a collection of classroom resources
 TeacherVision: list or resources for teachers and parents
 Edutopia: Information, infographics, articles
 Edudemic: Apps, web 2.0 tools, guides, infographics, and interesting edtech news
 TED ED News: Videos and follow-up conversations
 Jennie Hoffmann: covers the best Web 2.0 tools and focuses on activities in particular that can help
boost your classroom.
 Kristin Brynteson: Lots of free apps and education resources.
 ISTE: The one and only International Society for Technology in Education posts some of their favorite
tools and resources here. A great follow and recommendation for all teachers who want to get more tech
into their classroom.